No. 19 Baseball Travels to FGCU Tuesday
| THE CANES | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes 10-6 (1-2 ACC) | ||||||||||||
| Roster | ||||||||||||
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| Schedule & Results | ||||||||||||
| Game Notes | ||||||||||||
| THE GAME | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes at FGCU Eagles | ||||||||||||
| When: March 10, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Where: Swason Stadium (1,500) Fort Myers, Fla. |
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| Miami against FGCU: 12-1 all-time series lead | ||||||||||||
| WATCH & CONNECT | ||||||||||||
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| Radio | WVUM 90.5 FM (all games) | |||||||||||
| @CanesBaseball | ||||||||||||
| /CanesBaseball | ||||||||||||
| @TheUBaseball | ||||||||||||
| PROJECTED STARTERS | ||||||||||||
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| Game | Miami | FGCU | ||||||||||
| Tuesday | Ryan Otero | Nick Deckert | ||||||||||
Miami to Make Swanson Debut
• No. 19 Miami will travel to Swanson Stadium for its first-ever appearance on the campus of FGCU Tuesday. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m.
• The Hurricanes have a dominant 12-1 all-time record against the Eagles, including a perfect 4-0 mark in Fort Myers. All previous road games have been played at Hammond Stadium.
• Miami swept FGCU in its three-game season series in 2014, and has won four consecutive games in the head-to-head – including a 7-3 victory last week (March 4).
• Sophomore Zack Collins went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, one triple and two runs in last week’s matchup. FGCU swept Western Michigan over the weekend, and is 8-8-1 entering Tuesday’s game.
Time for a New Streak
• UM’s series loss at Louisville ended a stretch of seven consecutive ACC series wins for the Hurricanes – Miami went 24-6 in ACC play in 2014.
• Miami captured its sixth straight home series victory dating back to 2014, taking two of three from reigning Horizon League regular season champions Wright State (Feb. 27 – March 1). UM has won 10 of its last 12 regular season series dating back to last year.
• Among Miami’s top performers against the Raiders: Ricky Eusebio (5-for-10 at the plate), Carl Chester (.429, six hits, solo home run) and Willie Abreu (.429, six hits, walk-off single in game two).
• Willie Abreu is hitting .364 (8-for-22) over the last five games, including a team-high seven RBI. He has 16 straight starts in righfield.
• Freshman lefthander Michael Mediavilla has allowed just one run in his nine appearances this season (1.12 ERA), with 11 strikeouts compared to just three walks.
Picking Up Where He Left Off
• Then-freshman Bryan Garcia was named the team’s closer just prior to the 2014 season opener and rewarded the coaching staff with an All-American campaign (NCBWA, third team)..
• Garcia has four saves, eight appearances, and has allowed just one earned run in 9.2 innings. He has eight strikeouts so far, and now has 19 career saves – tied for No. 9 in UM history..
• An All-ACC Second Team selection as a reliever, Garcia set the Miami freshman saves record and tied for 11th-most saves nationally with 15 in 2014. He was a consensus Freshman All American first-team selection at reliever..
• Garcia, whose 15 saves were tied for the seventh-most in a single season in UM history, was named a 2015 Preseason All American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game.
